[2] They proved popular,[5] and directing retreats for both lay people and members of Mother Teresa's order became a significant part of his career.
[7] According to The Boston Globe investigative journalist, Michael Rezendes, McGuire's reputation was as a "globe-trotting spiritual retreat leader who counted Mother Teresa among his fans".
He was nevertheless assigned a teaching position at Loyola Academy, where he would molest students who later filed lawsuits and received significant monetary settlements due to these crimes.
[9] McGuire withdrew from the treatment early, but his provincial superior allowed him to return to work with the only limitation being that he could no longer travel overnight with anyone under the age of 21.
[9][13] In 1993, McGuire was again removed from his ministry as a result of allegations of sexually abusing a boy in the San Francisco Bay Area.
[20] In 2012, the Chicago Jesuit official who had received Mother Teresa's letter in 1994, the Reverend Bradley M. Schaeffer, issued a statement apologizing for his failings, stating, "I deeply regret that my actions were not enough to prevent him from engaging in these horrific crimes".
[2] Documents supporting claims that the Chicago Province of the Jesuits concealed McGuire's crimes over forty years contributed in the order paying $19.6 million in 2013 to settle lawsuits brought by six sexual abuse victims.